cuak

Malay

Etymology

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Adjective

cuak (Jawi spelling چواق, comparative lebih cuak, superlative paling cuak)

1. fearful, jittery, panicked, unnerved

   Synonyms: takut, cemas, gentar

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• mencuakkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• kecuakan [resemblance / passive] (ke-an)

References

"cuak" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017